Prototype Pollution Affecting samba package, versions [,1.9.18]


Severity

Recommended
0.0
medium
0
10

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Threat Intelligence

EPSS
0.06% (28th percentile)

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  • Snyk IDSNYK-UNMANAGED-SAMBA-2370439
  • published26 Jan 2022
  • disclosed19 Nov 1998
  • creditUnknown

Introduced: 19 Nov 1998

CVE-1999-1288  (opens in a new tab)
CWE-1321  (opens in a new tab)

How to fix?

There is no fixed version for samba.

Overview

Affected versions of this package are vulnerable to Prototype Pollution. Samba 1.9.18 inadvertently includes a prototype application, wsmbconf, which is installed with incorrect permissions including the setgid bit, which allows local users to read and write files and possibly gain privileges via bugs in the program.

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